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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; read more
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
Give me a lever long enough
And a prop strong enough,
I can single handed move the read more
Give me a lever long enough
And a prop strong enough,
I can single handed move the world.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere read more
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam
Posse volunt.]
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while
